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"I had my future all planned out. I knew since I was a young boy that I wanted to become a professional footballer and play at the highest level in Europe. I’d watch European football with my dad when we had the opportunity. It was so much better than the football we would see here in South Africa. I set the bar high. I didn’t want to play football in South Africa. I wanted to light up stadiums in Europe. I worked hard, really hard to make sure that I was always on top of my game during school matches.

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Our new main character in the secret ending. Nicknaming him H5N1 turned out to be highly prophetic…DISCLAMER: If you haven't read part one of this Valentine's Day feature, this piece will make less sense than a broken change machine. Visit our website at: https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star to read the first installment. So as of last week, BL’s (BirdLover’s) disastrous dating life had failed to provide any of the filth I had expected from Hatoful Boyfriend.

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Biologically, the chemicals that flow through our veins are not exactly the same for men and women. I once chatted to a transgender client who had been on hormones for over three years and she said to me that on testosterone she felt emotions in black and white and on oestrogen she felt emotions in every colour. I recognised there could be much understanding in this.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to clamp down on dysfunctional state-owned entities (SOEs) and wants to change the way they function. He also said he would soon appoint the new head of the National Prosecuting Authority after a court ruling, and hinted at fixing the South African Revenue Service. Ramaphosa warned in his maiden State of the Nation address on Friday night that SOEs cannot borrow their way out of debt.

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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is slowly being crippled by its failure to fill hundreds of vacant posts as budget cuts continue to deplete the institution’s overall performance. This according to the Institute of Security Studies (ISS), which released a report yesterday analysing the NPA’s 2016/17 annual budget. The ISS has painted a grim picture of the NPA, which has not only had to battle severe budget cuts, but also indictments against its leadership.

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It's been an eventful week for South Africans as they welcomed a new president following the recall and resignation of Jacob Zuma. The Saturday Star hit the streets of Joburg yesterday to chat to people about President Cyril Ramaphosa and how they think Zuma spent the last few days in office. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The Saturday Star

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The air here has grown too thick for our lungs. This place is ugly. It frightens us. But we refused to surrender even when our dust-laced, spider-web infested stomachs always remind us of Nkandla. Dry communal taps near mobile toilets will always remind us of a fire-pool where demons are baptised and angels drown. But we are dreamers. And dreamers live longer. We have been dreaming with our hands. Even in our dreams we seek to expandAnd our RDP’s we extend. We have grown weary of cooking up riots.

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I was just 8 years old when I lost my mother. She had been battling with an illness for a long time. I will never forget the day she left me. My entire world crumbled. My mother was my world. I idolised her; she was my hero. At 8, it’s hard to process losing a parent. I struggled to cope. Myself and my dad battled without her. Five years later, tragedy struck again. My father passed away unexpectedly. I was just 13 years old and I had lost both my parents.

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A South African teacher, Marjorie Brown, who teaches history at Roedean School, Johannesburg, was on Wednesday named a top 10 finalist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2018. File picture: ANAJohannesburg - A South African teacher, Marjorie Brown, who teaches history at Roedean School, Johannesburg, was on Wednesday named a top 10 finalist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2018.

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Cape Town - Embattled mayor Patricia de Lille will survive the no confidence motion against her on Thursday only if voting takes place in secret, the Western Cape High Court has heard. Should it be an open vote she will be axed her legal team, led by advocate Dali Mpofu SC, argued in her urgent application to have councillors vote in secret in Thursday’s no confidence motion against her. Judgment will be at 2pm on Wednesday.

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